A 5-year-old Massachusetts girl is undergoing treatment at her home after one black widow spider bit her.
Parents Josh and Kristine Donovan thought that a bruise behind their daughter's knee was an ordinary bug bite, which she got while playing...

In Minnesota, a 17-year old son received a lawsuit for his mother. The mother is also filing a lawsuit against the child’s school district, local health care non-profits, and the county’s health boards. In her statement to a St....

The first survey to look at the prevalence of the genital human papillomavirus virus in the adult population has found that more than 42% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 are infected with the virus.
A high...

According to press reports, the Navajo County health officials said that fleas gathered close to the Taylor town tested positive for the Yersinia pestis. The Yersinia pestis is the causation bacteria for the Bubonic plague.
The announcement of the findings...

A new study shows people going through mental disorders, who spend more than 50 percent of prescribed opioids in the country.
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center examined the 2011-2013 data collected by the Federal Government.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock doctors say that more research needs...

England’s pediatric intensive care units unable to support record rise in demand this past week due to lack of available space.
Up to 85% occupancy of pediatric care beds across the UK result in patients forced to relocate outside of...

One of Britain's big four supermarkets says it is planning to rearrange its shelves in a bid to persuade consumers to purchase less meat. Sainsbury's is partnering with boffins from the University of Oxford who claim that eating less...

On Sunday, the US Department of Agriculture and state government agencies said that they have found a strain of bird flu in a commercial chicken farm in Tennessee.
Bird flu outbreak:
According to the USDA, the H7 strain of Highly Pathogenic...

On Thursday, Sam Sparks, a Texas-based federal judge prevented hospitals in Texas from being permitted to bury and cremate aborted fetuses, for at least a month. Texas is known for its extremely conservative and rough anti-abortion laws, and last...

A hygiene doctor has revealed why not washing your bedding could be detrimental to your health. Most of us do not spend as long in bed as we would prefer, and for many washing the linen regularly can be...